Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to other values than the human imaginative values which science has evolved.

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You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you....

You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you....

The world is full of people who never quite get into the first team and...

The world is full of people who never quite get into the first team and...

The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

We are all afraid for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is...

We are all afraid for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is...

The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust...

The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust...

Power is the by-product of understanding.

Power is the by-product of understanding.

The most wonderful discovery made by scientists is science itself.

The most wonderful discovery made by scientists is science itself.

Every animal leaves traces of what it was; man alone leaves traces of what he...

Every animal leaves traces of what it was; man alone leaves traces of what he...

No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.

No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.

The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the...

The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the...

It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot irreverence to their studies; they...

It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot irreverence to their studies; they...

Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.

Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.

Man is unique not because he does science, and his is unique not because he...

Man is unique not because he does science, and his is unique not because he...

The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team...

The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team...

The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust...

The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust...

We gain our ends only with the laws of nature; we control her only by...

We gain our ends only with the laws of nature; we control her only by...

Einstein was a man who could ask immensely simple questions. And what his work showed...

Einstein was a man who could ask immensely simple questions. And what his work showed...

It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must...

It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must...

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure...

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure...